Dawn Farm Addiction and Recovery Education Series

The Physiology of Addiction - February 2012

"The Physiology of Addiction" was presented on February 21, 2012,
by Dr. Carl Christensen, MD, PhD, FACOG, CRMO, ABAM. This program
explores the differences in neurochemistry between the addicted
brain and the normal brain, the progression of physiological
changes that occur in people with alcohol/other drug addiction, the
mechanisms of physiologic tolerance and withdrawal, and the effects
of treatment on the addicted brain. This program is part of
the Dawn Farm Education Series, a FREE, annual workshop series
developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current
information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related
issues. The Education Series is organized by Dawn Farm, a
non-profit community of programs providing a continuum of chemical
dependency services. For information, please see http://www.dawnfarm.org/programs/education-series.

About the Podcast

The Dawn Farm Education Series is a FREE, annual workshop series developed to provide accurate, helpful, hopeful, practical, current information about chemical dependency, recovery, family and related issues; and to dispel the myths, misinformation, secrecy, shame and stigma that prevent chemically dependent individuals and their families from getting help and getting well.